Jean Giono
Michael McCurdy is one of AmericaÄôs outstanding wood engravers. He has illustrated nearly 200 books for trade publications and as special fine-press editions. His prints and drawings are also shown in galleries throughout the country and at www.michaelmccurdy.com. ...
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Michael McCurdy is one of AmericaÄôs outstanding wood engravers. He has illustrated nearly 200 books for trade publications and as special fine-press editions. His prints and drawings are also shown in galleries throughout the country and at www.michaelmccurdy.com. McCurdy lives in Springfield, Mass.
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Birth date: March 30, 1895
Died: October 08, 1970
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April 2016 NYRB selection.Giono's book is a rather interesting environmental fable that stays with you. The characters aren't so much characters as society. It's rather strange, moving, and powerful.
This book is a collection of some very good short stories of some of the best contemporary French authors. Carefully selected and translated. Besides Sartre, Camus and Beckett (and I wish there was a place for Simone de Beauvoir too) I really liked Boris Vian's Les Fourmis from his book with the sam...
bookshelves: published-1954, summer-2011, nonfiction, philosophy, environmental-issues, france, paper-read, shortstory-shortstories-novellas, translation Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Overbylass Read on June 07, 2011 ** spoiler alert ** Wood engravings by Michael McCurdy. English Translation by P...
bookshelves: one-penny-wonder, paper-read, published-1951, france, plague-disease, adventure, italy, picaresque, spring-2012, tbr-busting-2012, 3m-bookshelf-challenge, translation, medical-eew, bedside Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Esther Read from May 25 to June 09, 2012 Translated from the Fren...
After reading:I do not like Joy of Man's Desiring. I have decided to not finish it. Just as The Man Who Planted Trees has a central theme focused upon nature, this does too, but it is just too imaginary for my tastes. Animals speak with people and such. The dialogs are perfunctory. You can tell it i...
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